HDR is one of the nation's premier professional services firms specializing in fisheries and aquatic resource engineering. With a staff of experienced scientists and engineers trained in fisheries science, we strive to balance community and economic needs with conservation and sustainability of natural resources, including our aquatic environments. Our multi-disciplinary staff has the broad range of experience necessary to protect, restore, and enhance fish and aquatic resources.
Services
Fish and aquatic resources provide important ecological, economic, and social benefits. They have played this important role throughout our nation's history and development. Today's lifestyles place stresses on aquatic habitats, diversity, and survivability that require increasing attention and action to ensure that these natural resources are preserved for generations to come. Our clients know they can count on HDR for comprehensive planning and implementation of water resources and fisheries projects. HDR provides integrated service delivery to meet client needs for sustainable solutions to protect the health of aquatic habitats and to restore fish and aquatic resources.
When working on a project, HDR brings together teams of experts with diverse technical skills, including fisheries science, biology, economics, engineering, and management, among other fields. Our employees’ broad skill sets ensure careful and comprehensive consideration of technical, social, economic, and environmental aspects of every project we take on. We provide expertise in the following areas:
New Resources
HDR strives to provide our diverse client base of federal, state, tribal, local and private water groups with the most advanced expertise available in fisheries and aquatic science. Our recent merger with the firms listed below demonstrates our commitment to enhance our strength in this important field. We continue to build upon the expertise of these firms to create a team of premier scientific and design experts that will allow us to meet any challenge in this field.
Our new acquisitions include:
FishPro, Inc. specializes in fisheries resource biology and engineering, hatchery design, fish passage and barrier design, and aquatic ecosystem restoration.
Lawler, Matusky & Skelly Engineers LLP (LMS) specializes in environmental sciences, biological sampling, modeling, and Clean Water Act compliance and permitting.
Surface Water Resources, Inc. (SWRI) is noted for expertise in environmental compliance and water resources.
Cochran & Wilken, Inc. (CWI) specializes in hatchery, aquaculture, research facilities, visitor center design, natural resource restoration and exotic species control.
Shiner Moseley and Associates, Inc. is renowned for its expertise in aquatic ecosystem restoration of estuarine and marine environments.